←back to thread

384 points gbugniot | 1 comments | | HN request time: 0s | source
Show context
throwacct ◴[] No.46234104[source]
Hehe. People have "AI" fatigue (I'll include myself there, too), not only because AI content "feels" soulless, but also because the looming job displacement narrative, exacerbated by CEOs, VCs, etc. There'll be a big consumer pushback against companies using AI to lay off employees, etc
replies(2): >>46234417 #>>46239989 #
jack_tripper ◴[] No.46234417[source]
>There'll be a big consumer pushback against companies using AI to lay off employees, etc

No there won't. Same how there was no consumer pushback when everything from your Nikes to Apple computers moved to be made in China by slave labor and gutted your manufacturing industry at the same time while consumers and shareholders cheered.

Consumers only care about value for money not where or how a product is made. People's morals go out the window when their hard earned paycheque is on the line. Capitalist competition is dehumanizing by nature. The only thing that can help maintain humanity is government regulation because expecting consumers to prioritize morality over price has always failed.

If AI companies give consumers the same product but cheaper, they'll win.

replies(1): >>46236788 #
throwacct ◴[] No.46236788[source]
Interesting. I agree with you that consumers prioritize price over morality, but not when their livelihood is directly or indirectly negatively affected by AI, and the people are starting to notice it.
replies(2): >>46236988 #>>46240243 #
1. jack_tripper ◴[] No.46236988[source]
>but not when their livelihood is directly or indirectly negatively affected by AI, and the people are starting to notice it.

And do what about it? People don't give a shit AI is replacing creators jobs same how people didn't give a shit automation or offshoring replaced blue collar jobs. Literally nobody cared when the actors and writers went on strike so nobody will care when they'll be replaced by AI.

Especially when the quality of human made entertainment has been on a steep decline over the last 10 years consumers will even cheer to see them replaced same how they cheered when they could buy higher quality Japanese made cars at lower prices.